Lepidium nesophilum

Lepidium nesophilum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard and cabbage family that is endemic to the subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.

Lepidium nesophilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Lepidium
Species:	L. nesophilum
Binomial name
Lepidium nesophilum Hewson (1990)[1]

It is a perennial herb or subshrub found on basalt ledges at low elevations. It is erect or decumbent, hairless, with a stem trailing to 1.5 m. The leaves are narrowly oblanceolate to lanceolate or elliptic, 3–12 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide. The small white flowers have petals 1.5–2.5 mm long. The seeds are ellipsoidal and about 2 mm long.^[1]

The specific epithet nesophilim is derived from the Greek word nesos 'island' and the common suffix -philus 'loving', alluding to its island home.^[1]

References

1. " Lepidium nesophilum ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-03.